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Updated GitHub Deploy Tool : Sandbox Support
I’ve added support to select either Sandbox or Production (Developer) login, there is now a main page where you can enter the owner and repository name manually. If passed in the URL these fields will...
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Spring’14 Pre-Release : Updating Layouts in Apex
The upcoming Spring’14 Metadata API brings with it some great new architectural features. Ability to create, update and delete immediately without having to callback for the result Ability to read...
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Querying Custom Object and Field IDs via Tooling API
There are quite a few blogs describing a means to build Salesforce URL’s to standard pages for creating records, that can be applied to Custom Buttons in order to pre-populate field values when a user...
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Spring’14 Visualforce Remote Objects Introduction
Salesforce have provided further support for JavaScript in the upcoming Spring’14 release. With a new flavour of the popular Visualforce Remoting facility. Visualforce Remote Objects is a pilot feature...
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New Release: Spring’14 Declarative Rollup Summary Tool
Well it has been under development for few weekends now, but I’m finally announcing the latest release of this tool. But before I go into the details of installing it and whats in it, i want to thank...
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Clicks not Code with Visual Flow Custom Buttons
I attended an MVP Office Hours event last Friday which has lead to this blog. If your not aware this a weekly event run by fellow MVP’s Jarrod Kingston and Joshua Hoskins, which is a kind of open hour...
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Going Native with the Apex UML Tool and Tooling API!
Over the last month or so, John M Daniels and James Loghry (a fellow MVP) have been collaborating together in order to accomplish two things; firstly remove the need to utilise a Heroku backend for...
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Unit Testing with the Domain Layer
Writing true Apex unit tests that are quite granular can be hard in Apex, especially when the application gets more complex, as their is limited mocking support, meaning you have to create all your...
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New Release: Declarative Rollup Summary Tool Community Powered!
Since i created the Declarative Rollup Tool back in July last year, it has received some really positive feedback from Admins and Developers wanting a way to maintain that #ClickNotCode feel a little...
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Apex Metadata API and Spring’14 : Keys to the Kingdom!
It seems like an absolute age since i first blogged about the new features Salesforce have added to the Spring’14 version of the Metadata API. This weekend my development org was finally upgraded and I...
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A Declarative Rollup Summary Tool for Force.com Lookup Relationships
I’ve recently been asked to share the motivation and vision that emerged around an open source package I’ve been developing over the last year or so. It all started with a bunch of code and an API...
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Account Hierarchy Rollups #ClicksNotCode
The Declarative Lookup Rollup Summary Tool is holding up to quite an onslaught of requirements at the moment. When this one came in, i thought it may have met its match! However it has taken just less...
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MavensMate Templates and Apex Enterprise Patterns
I’ve been using MavensMate as alternative IDE for coding on Force.com for the past 6 months and loving it more and more to be honest, it receives a strong stream of updates, feels modern, responsive...
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More power to your Flows in Summer’14
Since an earlier blog post describing how to hookup a Flow to a Custom Button, I have been promoting this #clicksnotcode platform feature further at my local DUG and recently the Salesforce1 World Tour...
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FinancialForce Apex Common Updates
This blog starts a series of updates leading up to Dreamforce 2014, where I am pleased to announce that my Advanced Apex Enterprise Patterns session has just been selected! In the coming series of...
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Doing more work with the Unit Of Work
In a previous post I introduced the Unit Of Work class, which is part of the Apex Enterprise Patterns series. As the original post describes it helps you simplify your code when it comes to performing...
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Post Install Apex Metadata API Configuration Solved!
Since I created the Apex Metadata API I get to help all sorts of folks building many different and cool things with it. One that is quite common is to automate post package installation tasks such as...
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Apex Metadata API Streamlined and Simplified for Summer’14
Compared to past updates the Summer’14 update to the Salesforce Metadata API might not look that exciting at first glance, i know it took me a second look to get more excited! This time its perhaps...
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Preview of Advanced Apex Enterprise Patterns Session
At this years Dreamforce i will be presenting not one, but two sessions on Apex Enterprise Patterns this year. The first will be re-run of last years session, Apex Enterprise Patterns : Building Strong...
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Super ListView Viewer using Winter’15 ListView API
Salesforce continues its drive to push out great platform API’s, while Winter’15 was a little lighter than usual, the List View API did catch my eye! It’s available currently in SOAP and REST flavours,...
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